Rugby:Outgoing Connacht boss Michael Bradley has been forced to plan for tomorrow's visit of Glasgow Warriors without a number of key players but the coach is well accustomed to playing the hand he is dealt.
Injury has denied Bradley the services of Niva Ta'auso, Liam Bibo, Andrew Browne and Ray Ofisa, so the team shows five changes from the side that was narrowly defeated by the Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium.
Frank Murphy starts at scrumhalf instead of Conor O'Loughlin, while Aidan Wynne, Frank Murphy, Jamie Hagan, Mike McCarthy and Johnny O'Connor also return.
Matthews fills the gap left by Ta'auso at outside centre, while Wynne replaces him at number 12.
Hagan comes in for Robbie Morris at tighthead, while McCarthy is in for Bernie Upton and O’Connor replaces Ofisa.
The Warriors are second in the table and unbeaten in their last four away games, a sequence they have never bettered, but will be confident of doing so tomorrow.
Connacht: Gavin Duffy; Troy Nathan, Keith Matthews, Aidan Wynne, Fionn Carr; Ian Keatley, Frank Murphy; Brett Wilkinson, Sean Cronin, Jamie Hagan; Michael Swift, Mike McCarthy; John Muldoon (capt), Johnny O'Connor, George Naoupu. Replacements: Adrian Flavin, Robbie Morris, Bernie Upton, Mike McComish, Conor O'Loughlin, Miah Nikora, Brian Tuohy.
Glasgow Warriors: Bernardo Stortoni, Colin Shaw, Peter Murchie, Peter Horne, DTH van der Merwe; Ruaridh Jackson, Mark McMillan (capt); Jon Welsh, Dougie Hall, Ed Kalman; Tim Barker, Dan Turner; James Eddie, Calum Forrester, Richie Vernon Replacements: Fergus Thomson, Kevin Tkachuk, Richie Gray, Chris Fusaro, Colin Gregor, Chris Kinloch, Hefin O'Hare